Friday, October 22, 2010

The Royal Navy's newest and largest attack submarine HMS Astute has run aground off Skye, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed...

Uh oh. I bet there's some interesting conversations in interesting places regarding this bit of information.

Mr McKerlich said HMS Astute was in an area of shallow water where he would not risk taking his yacht. The submarine has run aground outwith the safe sea lane marked on Admiralty charts. The channel that runs underneath the Skye Bridge has red and green buoys known as lateral markers to ensure vessels do not run aground. HMS Astute appeared to be lying in shallow water several hundred metres beyond that safe route. The Admiralty charts show submerged rocks in the area where the submarine has got into difficulty.